Ideas For Evangelism - Way of Life Literature

“Is There Not a Cause?” (the urgency of trainingchildren properly and leading them to Christ)“What Constitutes Conversion?” (a study of theconversion of the Ethiopian eunuch)“The Memory Maze” (suggestions on how memoryworks, and how to memorize effectively)“Keeping Kids Motivated” (suggestions formotivating children to memorize Scripture)“Who Are the ‘Many’?” (reasons why many sincerepeople will be lost)The book is accompanied by a set of 150 large memorycards for Scripture memory work. The memorizationplan is divided into seven topics: Doctrine, Defilement,Detection, Destination, Deliverer, Delay, and Duty. Theverses are carefully selected to be effective in leading achild to salvation and sanctification in Jesus Christ. Bymemorizing one verse per week, the child can memorizethe 150 verses in three years.The memorization plan is well thought out and could beused effectively with teenagers and adults.We are thankful to see that Pastor Allen does not promotethe “easy prayerism” method of evangelism that is soprevalent and destructive today. Consider the followingexcerpt from his book:“Never tell your children they are saved, even afterthey make a decision. You don’t know that for a fact.Many a well-meaning parent has told a child what achild did, when the child doesn’t even know what thechild did! Be patient! Many a young person has beenconvinced of their conversion by a well-meaningparent, when the young person himself is not totallyconvinced. Allow the Holy Spirit to give assurance;that is one of His functions. Never try to lead them inprayer if they do not understand, are not underconviction, and are just not ready. You can’t beg,110